Spartan Daily Serving San Jose State University Since 1934
VOLUME 94, NUMBER 7 TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1990
Spartan City Apartment demolition in progress East Humbolt St. (7; 3 plans for Spartan City -The Ferma Corporation, the contrau ident of facilities development and pet Future ifill1111. tiM which turned in the lowest hid of plans for student housing are in C/) S124.754). has 90 days to complete the the works. complex remain uncertain pis ijecr According to project specifkations. Anne Ambiose, public relations offi- CSI) C'hancellor', Office. Its uhristine Ih t;rass Lentil's of are to level it and turn it they insist demolish the buildings, clear cer for the Daily staff wilier into a parking lot." said Richard E and remove all materials, including all confirmed. Hendrickson, director of operatiims/de- cap utili- ashestos-coMaining materials "The proposal approved by the hoard dusty second signs and consiniction at SJSU. street and level the remaining The sign sits behind a ties at the of directors on Nov. I, 191(9. calls for a empty Spanan Hendrickson added that no budget floor window of the surface by grading. new childcare center, with the capacity someone to has been approved for the parking lot. City, a silent plea for 11w 10 apartment buildings, once oc- for up to 152 children, a new athletic CITY." hut he did not think it would take too low 'Tartan Daily Graphics "REM !II .1) SPARTAN cupied by -irwome students, have complex to replace the field complex. East Alma St. to schedule, long or he too difficult. up since 19101, after the If eik", according been hoarded parking and 100 student apartments temporarily , Manager of Parking Operations. liar- I. Spartan City's 10 buildings ss ill be demolished SJSt silt kW. will, at least lire marshal decided they were unsafe. nearby Spartan City." ignore the laded call for help. old Manson. did not know about plans He found the buildings to he in violation to make way for a parking lot. The demolition of Spartan City began for a new parking lot. of safety. lire and architectural codes. According to Housing Dinmor Fre- Monday. and is expected to he turned "I'll believe it when I see it. If it hap- Once completed. the future of the site drick Najjar. little discussion has taken 2. Spartan Stadium into a temporary parking lot pens. that's good. NC \11:111,1 oark- remains uncertain. According to Mo place on the issue except that Ow -uni My marching orders from the chan- and-ride," he said. Qayounii, associate executive vice pre,- versity is interested in pursuing ii 3. Spartan Village student apartments East meets West Building flooded; limited damage By Kevin J. Weil Daily staff writer It was raining from the ceilings when more than 400 gallons of water poured from a broken filter on the fifth floor of McQuarrie Hall and shut down the Spartan Daily photo lab, Facilities Department and Oper- ationstletemiined that an 0-ring seal for the water filter cartridge broke causing the flooding at 3:45 p.111. Thursday. 'We will attempt to find out why it broke. Whether it was iList Old or tvssi- hty some other cause... said Moham- med Qmiyomi Director of Facilities Department and Operations in a lege- Seventh phime interview Friday. Total clean-up cost was estimated at SKOO. The facilites department. "had six sir seven custodians for four hours of overtime and one plumber for four hours of regular time." Quayomi said. The facilities department did not find any significant damage but, "We will have a final report by the end of next \Acek.’ Quayomi said. He expects to know if there was any ar ceiling or ceiling tile damage at that NM 1r, ,..0. 11.6 Peado C . ,..", .." (leak) to cause 4r, - "I don't expect this ...... / t ...1 any budget problems." he added. "We . no - don't like it, hut these things happen." s . , NA" .... . The Spartan Daily photo lab was "or e4,.,&